Fw: Movie: Apollo 13

[ccrawford at acb.org]

You make good points.  Maybe the industry will now do it voluntarilly, but 
if not; we will be in Congress next.  The only problem with all of this is 
that the industry did nothing for 15 years and we hope our having jump 
started the system will now keep the car going.

-- chrlie.


On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Darrell Shandrow wrote:

> Hi Charles,
> 
> Hmmm, well, I doubt that simply because the entertainment industry is not
> being forced to provide audio description that means in any way that the
> future of voluntary audio description is in jeopardy.  I'm certain projects
> like DVS would certainly continue as they are now; I do sure wish more
> titles were available!
> 
> You know, I think celebrities should apply some pressure on the rest of the
> industry to provide greater audio description for the movies in which they
> star.  I mean, most already have a rather lengthy liberal record.  How about
> instead of supporting un-American institutions such as terrorists and
> corrupted charities, they support blind Americans?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Crawford" <CCrawford at ACB.org>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:36 AM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Movie: Apollo 13
> 
> 
> > Interesting posting after yesterday's court ruling.  Will video
> description
> > survive?  Damn right it will and all who care about it will need to work
> > with ACB to make it happen.
> >
> > -- charlie Crawford.
> > At 08:52 AM 11/09/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Just encase your interested...
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> > > > Pebbles-XFM is showing the audio-described movie Apollo 13 on 9
> November
> > >at
> > > > 20:00 UTC, 8pm UK time, and 3pm Eastern. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred
> Haise
> > > > and Jack Swigert try to come back alive after an explosion aborts the
> > >April
> > > > 1970 moonshot. From Lovell's memoir "Lost Moon". Starring Tom Hanks,
> Bill
> > > > Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan Ron
> Howard
> > > > Rated PG
> > > >
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